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CORT: CINNAM: ZEYLO

CORT: CINNAM: ZEYLO

Description (Brief)

This drug jar is marked "CORT: CINNAM: ZEYLO", and is used as an aromatic. Cinnamon was also used as a tonic for stomach ailments and topically as an astringent. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang attributes the containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials "HN" on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter to museum curators dated August 1983, pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked "FH" were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse twenty-three miles southwest of Hanau.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1790-1810

place made

Germany

Physical Description

ceramic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 16 cm x 11 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 5/16 in

ID Number

1991.0664.0796

accession number

1991.0664

collector/donor number

SAP 720

catalog number

1991.0664.0796

Credit Line

Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company